On 4 February 2021, Dr Giovanna Capponi from the University of Roehampton and CEFRES/Charles University in Prague presented a webinar in the CRESIDA seminar series titled ‘What does a wild boar mean to different people? Managing human-wildlife conflicts in Central Italy’. Abstract Wild boars, increasing in numbers and even in size, have been recently at Read More…
Category: human-animal relationships
Spotlight on… Garry Marvin
Position: Professor of Human-Animal Studies at the University of Roehampton Bio: Garry took his first degree at the University of East Anglia in 1974 and was awarded his PhD in anthropology at the University of Wales, Swansea in 1982 for his thesis on bullfighting in Andalusia, Spain. He has lectured in anthropology at the Universities Read More…
CRESIDA webinar by Dr Stefano Kaburu on human-macaque interactions
On 7 October 2020, Dr Stefano Kaburu from the University of Wolverhampton presented a webinar in our CRESIDA seminar series titled ‘Investigation of the drivers and outcome of human-macaque interactions: a coupled natural and human systems approach’. Abstract The rapid expansion of human populations has resulted in dramatic changes of the global and local Read More…
New CRESIDA doctoral dissertation on cockfighting in the Canary Islands
Ricardo Ontillera Sanchez, a CRESIDA student, recently completed his PhD Viva based on his study of cockfighting in the Canary Islands. Originally from Spain, Ricardo is the last of several PhD students who have been working on the multi-disciplinary AHRC-funded research project ‘Cultural and Scientific Perceptions of Human-Chicken Interaction’. His thesis, titled ‘Of casteadores, gallos y galleras: the Read More…
Organs without grief: the potentials of the pig model in Danish experimental transplantation research
This week in the CRESIDA seminar series, our speaker is Anja Jensen from the University of Copenhagen, who is sharing her research on the potentials of the pig model in Danish experimental transplantation research. Come and join us on Thursday, March 7th at 4.15pm in Room G070 at Parkstead House to learn more. Abstract In Danish transplant experiments, research Read More…
Attempting to live well with elephants: Human-elephant relations in the western Ghats, India
This week in the CRESIDA seminar series, the speaker is our very own Deepak Bhat Dundi, a PhD student in the Centre. His talk is on human-elephant relations in India. Come and join us on Thursday at 4.15pm in Room G070 at Parkstead House to learn more. Abstract People and Asian elephants have lived together in India Read More…
A snail by any other name is a slug: Culture, nature and classification
By Kirsten Bell Since moving to the UK nine months ago, I have finally acquired a small garden – something I have lived without for most of my adult life. Having grown up in the tropics, I was therefore relatively unfamiliar with the scourge of gardeners everywhere: slugs and snails. However, this lack of exposure Read More…
The making of an academic paper: Monkeys, mothering and the bystander effect
By Stuart Semple In recent years, nature documentary series have begun to feature short, ‘The making of…’ sequences at the end of each episode, in which the viewer is afforded an insight into the plans, trials and tribulations that ultimately led to some of the footage they have just watched. These sequences are very popular, Read More…
Baboons in our midst – a glimpse into the life and work of a primatologist
By Zina Morbach Observing primates in their natural habitats is a core part of the work of primatologists, but most people have little sense of what that entails – beyond glamorized images of Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey in the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist. In what follows, Zina Morbach, a PhD student in Read More…
An interview with Garry Marvin about his mammoth new co-edited book “Human-Animal Studies”
Human-Animal Studies is a burgeoning multidisciplinary enterprise. Human-Animal Studies places the relationships humans have with other animals, and the relations other animals have with humans, at the centre of scholarly enquiry, artistic practice, and political critique. It draws from, and engages with, subjects across the social sciences, the humanities, and beyond, including anthropology, archaeology, art, Read More…
